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A Death in Texas ed. Cherri Galbiati & Lisa René Smith (L & L Dreamspell, September 2008, 1-60318-051-6, $18.95, 324pp, tp, oa)     Second annual mystery anthology by The Final Twist, a Houston, Texas based writers group. · Pushing up Bluebonnets · Linda Houle · ss · The Best Man · Cash Anthony · ss · Growing Up Dead · Sylvia Dickey Smith · ss · Connor Creek Fog · Cherri Galbiati · ss · Searching for Rachel · Laura Elvebak · ss · Die Mahnung (The Warning) · Diana L. Driver · ss · Death on the Bayou · Mark & Charlotte Phillips · ss · Men in Jeans · Pauline Baird Jones · ss · Guilty · Lisa René Smith · ss · Rumors on Rat Shack Row · Alexis Glynn Latner · ss · Feels Like Home · Shirley H. Wetzel · ss · Dead End Job · Cornelia Amiri · ss · Dark Pleasures · Loretta Wheeler · ss · Secrets of Canyon Lake · Autumn Storm · ss · Anna Rose · Betty Gordon · ss

Blue Room & Other Ghost Stories by Lettice Galbraith (Sarob Press, July 1999, 1-902309-05-7, £18.00, xii+112pp, hc, co, cover by Paul Lowe)     Collection of seven ghost stories with an introduction by the editor, Richard Dalby Volume one in the “Richard Dalby’s Mistresses of the Macabre” series. Limited to 250 numbered copies. ix · Introduction · Richard Dalby · in 1 · The Case of Lady Lukestan · Lettice Galbraith · nv Short Stories April 1893 20 · The Trainer’s Ghost · Lettice Galbraith · ss New Ghost Stories by Lettice Galbraith, Ward Lock, 1893 35 · The Ghost in the Chair · Lettice Galbraith · ss New Ghost Stories by Lettice Galbraith, Ward Lock, 1893 46 · In the Seance Room · Lettice Galbraith · nv New Ghost Stories by Lettice Galbraith, Ward Lock, 1893 61 · The Missing Model · Lettice Galbraith · ss New Ghost Stories by Lettice Galbraith, Ward Lock, 1893 76 · A Ghost’s Revenge · Lettice Galbraith · ss New Ghost Stories by Lettice Galbraith, Ward Lock, 1893 95 · The Blue Room · Lettice Galbraith · ss Macmillan’s Magazine October 1897

Don’t Give Up the Ghost: The Delacorte Press Book of Original Ghost Stories ed. David Gale (Delacorte, October 1993, 0-385-31109-5, $14.95, 163pp, hc, oa, cover by Franz Spohn)     Original anthology of 12 young-adult ghost stories. v11 · Introduction · David Gale · in 3 · The Last House on Crescent Road · Mary Downing Hahn · ss 18 · Sweet Hour of Prayer · Joyce Hansen · ss 37 · Things That Go Gleep in the Night · Walter Dean Myers · ss 48 · The Haunting of Fex O’Toole · Constance Greene · ss 60 · Variation on a Theme: The Grateful Dead · Judith Gorog · ss 68 · The Face in the Rafters · Janet Taylor Lisle · ss 83 · The Sounds of the House · Gary Soto · ss 95 · Andrew, Honestly · Theresa Nelson · nv 122 · Grandmother’s Ghost, the Gilded Bathroom, and Other Home Improvements · Barbara Ann Porte · ss 133 · The Fifth-Grade Ghost · Johanna Hurwitz · ss 146 · Emma Jean’s Ghost · Joan Lowery Nixon · ss 153 · When Life Gives You Lemons · Marion Dane Bauer · ss

Tales From the Darkside, Volume I ed. Mitchell Galin & Tom Allen (Berkley, October 1988, 0-425-11095-8, $3.50, 248pp, pb, an)     Horror anthology of 16 stories that appeared on the tv show. Five are original stories written by Michael McDowell based on teleplays. 1 · The Devil’s Advocate · Michael McDowell · sa based on a screenplay by George A. Romero. 17 · The Word Processor of the Gods · Stephen King · ss Playboy January 1983, as “The Word Processor” 37 · A Case of the Stubborns · Robert Bloch · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction October 1976 55 · Inside the Closet · Michael McDowell · sa based on a screenplay by Michael McDowell. 71 · Printer’s Devil · Ron Goulart · ss The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction April 1984, as “Me and the Devil” 85 · Levitation · Joseph Payne Brennan · ss Nine Horrors and a Dream by Joseph Payne Brennan, Arkham House, 1958 91 · Halloween Candy · Michael McDowell · sa based on a screenplay by Michael McDowell. 111 · The Satanic Piano · Carl Jacobi · nv Weird Tales May 1934 135 · Slippage · Michael P. Kube-McDowell · nv Rod Serling’s The Twilight Zone Magazine August 1982 155 · The Shrine · Pamela Sargent · ss Rod Serling’s The Twilight Zone Magazine December 1982 167 · In the Cards · Michael McDowell · sa based on a screenplay by Carole Lucia Satrina. 185 · The Bitterest Pill · Frederik Pohl · ss Galaxy Magazine April 1959 197 · Hush! · Zenna Henderson · ss Beyond Fantasy Fiction November 1953 207 · The Circus · Sydney J. Bounds · ss The Thirteenth Fontana Book of Great Horror Stories ed. Mary Danby, Fontana, 1980 215 · Distant Signals · Andrew Weiner · ss Rod Serling’s The Twilight Zone Magazine May/June 1984 233 · The Odds · Michael McDowell · sa based on a screenplay by Carole Lucia Satrina.

The Authentic William James by Stephen Gallagher (Subterranean Press, September 2016, 978-1-59606-779-0, $40.00, 316pp, hc, n., cover by Gail Cross) [Sebastian Becker]     Associational historical mystery novel/thriller set in 1913, the third in the Sebastian Becker series. Sebastian must determine the sanity of a Wild West showman in England who confesses to arson. This is a signed, limited edition of 1,000.

Blackwood by Stephen Gallagher (The Brooligan Press, November 20, 2023, 979-8868308147, £3.99, 60pp, tp, na)     Slightly revised from “The Blackwood Oak” Plots and Misadventures; subtitled “A Fairy Tale” on the cover.

Comparative Anatomy: The Best of Stephen Gallagher by Stephen Gallagher (Subterranean Press, July 2022, 978-1-64524-070-9, $45.00, 568pp, hc, co, cover by Christopher Shy)     Collection of 30 stories, two original, with an introduction by Steven Volk. Anyone who preordered a copy of the book from the publisher’s website received an ebook of the original novelette “Hounded”. Limited to 1000 signed, numbered, copies. Details taken from publisher website. · Introduction · Steven Volk · in · Twisted Hazel · Stephen Gallagher · ss Subterranean: Tales of Dark Fantasy 3 ed. William Schafer, Subterranean Press, 2020 · The Back of His Hand · Stephen Gallagher · ss Dark Harvest Summer/Fall Preview: 1990, Dark Harvest, 1990 · Little Angels · Stephen Gallagher · ss Out of His Mind by Stephen Gallagher, PS Publishing, 2004 · Restraint · Stephen Gallagher · nv Postscripts #1, Spring 2004 · The Box · Stephen Gallagher · ss Retro Pulp Tales ed. Joe R. Lansdale, Subterranean Press, 2006 · Comparative Anatomy · Stephen Gallagher · nv Night Visions 8, Dark Harvest, 1991 · Blame the French · Stephen Gallagher · ss Twisted Histories ed. Scott Harrison, Snowbooks, 2013 · Cheeky Boy (Heroes and Villains) · Stephen Gallagher · pl · The Price · Stephen Gallagher · nv Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine June 1985 · Eels · Stephen Gallagher · ss Postscripts #10, Spring 2007 · To Dance by the Light of the Moon · Stephen Gallagher · nv The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction January 1986 · The Beautiful Feast of the Valley · Stephen Gallagher · ss The Mammoth Book of Halloween Stories ed. Stephen Jones, Skyhorse Publishing, 2018 · One Dove · Stephen Gallagher · ss Subterranean (online) Spring 2014 · The Visitors’ Book · Stephen Gallagher · ss Darklands ed. Nicholas Royle, Egerton Press, 1991 · In Gethsemane · Stephen Gallagher · nv Heaven Sent ed. Peter Crowther & Martin H. Greenberg, DAW, 1995 · Life Line · Stephen Gallagher · ss Dark Fantasies ed. Chris Morgan, Legend, 1989 · Not Here, Not Now · Stephen Gallagher · ss Cold Cuts III ed. Paul Lewis & Steve Lockley, Alun Books, 1995 · The Plot · Stephen Gallagher · nv Subterranean #5, 2006 · O, Virginia · Stephen Gallagher · ss Marilyn: Shades of Blonde ed. Carole Nelson Douglas, Forge, 1997 · Misadventure · Stephen Gallagher · ss Inferno ed. Ellen Datlow, Tor, 2007 · Little Dead Girl Singing · Stephen Gallagher · ss Weird Tales Spring 2002 · Doctor Hood · Stephen Gallagher · nv The Dark ed. Ellen Datlow, Tor, 2003 · My Repeater · Stephen Gallagher · ss The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction January 2001 · The Governess [Professor Challenger] · Stephen Gallagher · nv Brooligan Press, October 19 2020 · Magpie · Stephen Gallagher · ss Final Shadows ed. Charles L. Grant, Doubleday Foundation, 1991 · The Boy Who Talked to Animals · Stephen Gallagher · nv The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction February 1985 · The Backtrack · Stephen Gallagher · nv · Live from the Morgue · Stephen Gallagher · ss · Shepherd’s Business · Stephen Gallagher · nv New Fears ed. Mark Morris, Titan, 2017 · The Butterfly Garden · Stephen Gallagher · nv Joe R. Lansdale’s Lords of the Razor ed. Bill Sheehan & William Schafer, Subterranean Press, 2006

The Governess by Stephen Gallagher (The Brooligan Press, October 19, 2020, 978-1-9160578-5-2, £3.99, 37pp, ph, nv, cover by Walter S. Stacey) [Professor Challenger]     SF novelette.

Hounded by Stephen Gallagher (Subterranean Press, July 2022, ebook, nv)     Novelette distributed to customers who pre-ordered Comparative Anatomy from the publisher.

Hounded by Stephen Gallagher (The Brooligan Press, November 2024, £4.99, 42pp, tp, nv)     Reprint (Subterranean Press 2022) novelette.

Out of His Mind by Stephen Gallagher (PS Publishing, October 2004, 1-902880-98-6, £35.00, ix+409pp, hc, co, cover by Chris Moore)     Collection of 22 stories (1 original), with an introduction by Brian Clemens and and afterword and story notes by Gallagher. Limited to 500 numbered copies, signed by Gallagher. Also available in a slipcased hardcover edition (-97-8, £60.00), limited to 200 numbered copies, signed by Gallagher & Clemens. vii · Introduction · Brian Clemens · in 1 · Magpie · Stephen Gallagher · ss Final Shadows ed. Charles L. Grant, Doubleday Foundation, 1991 21 · Not Here, Not Now · Stephen Gallagher · ss Cold Cuts III ed. Paul Lewis & Steve Lockley, Alun Books, 1995 29 · By the River, Fontainebleau · Stephen Gallagher · ss The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction August 1986 47 · Driving Force · Stephen Gallagher · ss Fear May/June 1989 (+1) 69 · The Visitors’ Book · Stephen Gallagher · ss Darklands ed. Nicholas Royle, Egerton Press, 1991 83 · Little Angels · Stephen Gallagher · ss 91 · The Drain · Stephen Gallagher · nv Fantasy Tales, v.11 #4 ed. Stephen Jones & David A. Sutton, Robinson, 1990 123 · Old, Red Shoes · Stephen Gallagher · ss Ripper! ed. Gardner R. Dozois & Susan Casper, Tor, 1988 141 · The Horn · Stephen Gallagher · nv Arrows of Eros ed. Alex Stewart, NEL, 1989 167 · Modus Operandi · Stephen Gallagher · ss New Crimes ed. Maxim Jakubowski, Robinson, 1989 179 · The Jigsaw Girl · Stephen Gallagher · ss Shadows 9 ed. Charles L. Grant, Doubleday, 1986 195 · Fancy That! · Stephen Gallagher · ss Shivers for Christmas ed. Richard Dalby, Michael O'Mara, 1995 203 · Life Line · Stephen Gallagher · ss Dark Fantasies ed. Chris Morgan, Legend, 1989 225 · Like Shadows in the Dark · Stephen Gallagher · ss Shadows 10 ed. Charles L. Grant, Doubleday, 1987 245 · No Life for Me Without You, Vodyanoi · Stephen Gallagher · nv The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction September 1985 273 · God’s Bright Little Engine · Stephen Gallagher · ss Tombs ed. Edward E. Kramer & Peter Crowther, White Wolf, 1995 291 · O, Virginia · Stephen Gallagher · ss Marilyn: Shades of Blonde ed. Carole Nelson Douglas, Forge, 1997 305 · The Sluice · Stephen Gallagher · ss Narrow Houses: Volume I ed. Peter Crowther, Little, Brown UK, 1992 323 · Poisoned · Stephen Gallagher · ss Kimota #6, Summer 1997 335 · Casey, Where He Lies · Stephen Gallagher · ss Imagination 1991 349 · In Gethsemane · Stephen Gallagher · nv Heaven Sent ed. Peter Crowther & Martin H. Greenberg, DAW, 1995 383 · In There · Stephen Gallagher · bg Dancing with the Dark ed. Stephen Jones, Vista, 1997 387 · End Notes · Stephen Gallagher · ms

The Painted Bride by Stephen Gallagher (Subterranean Press, October 2006, 978-1-59606-071-5, $40.00, 177pp, hc, n., cover by Edward Miller)     Associational horror novel. This is a signed, limited edition of 750 numbered copies.

Plots and Misadventures by Stephen Gallagher (Subterranean Press, October 2007, 978-1-59606-114-9, $40.00, 260pp, hc, co, cover by Edward Miller)     Collection of 11 stories, one original, and a non-fiction piece. This is a signed, limited edition of 750. 11 · Little Dead Girl Singing · Stephen Gallagher · ss Weird Tales Spring 2002 23 · The Back of His Hand · Stephen Gallagher · ss Dark Harvest Summer/Fall Preview: 1990, Dark Harvest, 1990 37 · Restraint · Stephen Gallagher · nv Postscripts #1, Spring 2004 61 · The Plot · Stephen Gallagher · nv Subterranean #5, 2006 83 · Doctor Hood · Stephen Gallagher · nv The Dark ed. Ellen Datlow, Tor, 2003 121 · Jailbird for Jesus · Stephen Gallagher · ss www.stephengallagher.com December 2002 139 · Hunter, Killer · Stephen Gallagher · nv Night Visions 8, Dark Harvest, 1991 165 · My Repeater · Stephen Gallagher · ss The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction January 2001 181 · The Wishing Ball · Stephen Gallagher · ss Winter Chills #2, 1987 197 · Like Clockwork · Stephen Gallagher · ss The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction March 1987 215 · The Blackwood Oak · Stephen Gallagher · nv 257 · Tailpiece: Nine Horrors and a Dream · Stephen Gallagher · ar Horror: 100 Best Books ed. Stephen Jones & Kim Newman, Xanadu, 1988 [Ref. Joseph Payne Brennan]

The Spirit Box by Stephen Gallagher (Subterranean Press, 2005, 1-59606-017-4, $40.00, 276pp, hc, n., cover by Chris Moore)     Limited to 750 numbered copies, signed by Gallagher. Also available in a traycased edition, limited to 26 lettered, signed, copies ($150).

The Rise and Fall of D.O.D.O. by Nicole Galland & Neal Stephenson--- see under Neal Stephenson.

Stories of Scientific Imagination ed. Joseph Gallant (Oxford Book Co., 1954, 70¢, vii+152pp, pb, an) · Preface · Joseph Gallant · pr · The Black Pits of Luna · Robert A. Heinlein · ss The Saturday Evening Post January 10 1948 · Planet Passage · Donald A. Wollheim · ss Future Fantasy and Science Fiction October 1942, as by Martin Pearson · In Value Deceived · H. B. Fyfe · ss Astounding Science Fiction November 1950 · Peril of the Blue World · Robert Abernathy · ss Planet Stories Winter 1942 · Propagandist · Murray Leinster · ss Astounding Science Fiction August 1947 · Symbiosis · Will F. Jenkins · ss Collier’s June 14 1947 · Conquerors’ Isle · Nelson S. Bond · ss The Blue Book Magazine June 1946 · The White Army · Dr. Daniel Dressler · nv Amazing Stories September 1929 · A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court · Mark Twain · ex The Century Magazine November 1889

Quantum Musings ed. Michael Gallant, Raymond M. Coulombe & Timothy O. Goyette (iUniverse.com/Writer’s Club Press, 2001, 0-595-08980-1, $11.95, 187pp, tp, an)     Anthology/collection of 20 stories and six essays on writing and editing by the editors of the e-zine Quantum Muse (www.quantummuse.com). Prologue by Gallant, “Antilogue” by Coulombe. ix · In the Beginning: the Origin of QM · Michael Gallant · pr · Part I. Alternative Stories 3 · God Picks Up the Tab · Michael Gallant · ss Quantum Muse 13 · Promises Kept · Raymond M. Coulombe · ss Quantum Muse 17 · A Minute, an Hour, a Day? · Timothy O. Goyette · ss Quantum Muse 21 · Staring at Bruno, Waiting to Die · Michael Gallant · ss Quantum Muse 33 · Problem Solver · Raymond M. Coulombe · ss Quantum Muse 41 · Being an Editor · Timothy O. Goyette · ar Quantum Muse 43 · The Writing Life · Raymond M. Coulombe · ar Quantum Muse · Part II. Fantasy Stories 47 · Ravenclaw and the Incomplete Wizard · Raymond M. Coulombe · nv Quantum Muse 69 · Lost Traditions · Timothy O. Goyette · ss Quantum Muse 79 · The Peacekeeper · Michael Gallant · ss Quantum Muse 89 · Death in Haiti · Raymond M. Coulombe · ss Quantum Muse 95 · It’s Your Hair · Timothy O. Goyette · ss Quantum Muse 103 · Life as Editor · Raymond M. Coulombe · ar Quantum Muse 105 · It Beets a Straight Job, and Chicks Think It’s Cool · Michael Gallant · ar Quantum Muse · Part III. Science Fiction Stories 109 · The Wishmaker’s Magic Box · Timothy O. Goyette · ss Quantum Muse 119 · Government Myths · Raymond M. Coulombe · ss Quantum Muse 125 · Human Factors · Timothy O. Goyette · ss Quantum Muse 139 · Wetback · Michael Gallant · ss Quantum Muse 147 · The Swami of Time · Timothy O. Goyette · ss Quantum Muse 161 · Carrying On the Glorious People’s Revolution · Michael Gallant · ar Quantum Muse 165 · Life as a Writer · Timothy O. Goyette · ar Quantum Muse · Part IV. Sticking to Our Stories 169 · Sieze the Web! · Michael Gallant · ed Quantum Muse 173 · By the Warm Glow of Our Monitors · Raymond M. Coulombe · ed Quantum Muse June 175 · Pulitzer · Timothy O. Goyette · ed Quantum Muse 177 · Against All Odds · Raymond M. Coulombe · ed Quantum Muse October 179 · Freedon’s Just Another Word for Nothing Left to Spend · Michael Gallant · ed Quantum Muse 183 · Antilogue · Raymond M. Coulombe · aw 185 · About the Authors · [uncredited] · bg